The Prophet (PBUH) reminded his people that he too was human One of the fundamental characteristics of unbelievers is their arrogance. It is that which has led them to refuse to obey the messengers of Allah, and to resort to excuses in order not to do so. One such excuse was that they would only obey these messengers if they were more than human. Yet, the Prophet (PBUH) reminded his people that he was human, a... [ fulltext ]

121 - God admires a young man whose conduct is not similar to that of the youth 122 - God hates dirty and dishevelled persons .

123 - God hates the one who is stingy during his lifetime and becomes generous at the point of death .

124 - God would like to see that His servants complete their tasks .

125 - God prefers tolerance in connection with everything .

126 - God favours easygoing , lenient persons .

127 - God wants you to treat your children justly even in such trivial things as embracing them .

128 - God likes His pious , unknown servants who are free from any want .

129 - God interrogates His servants about how they have spent their knowledge, just as He asks them how they have spent their wealth .

130 - On the Day of Resurrection , God pardons the illiterate for offences which are unpardonable on the part of the literate .

131 - The Almighty says : " I am an onlooker of my servant"s thought ; if he thinks well of me ,he will be rewarded,and if he thinks ill of me,he will be punished . "

132 - Alms-giving causes God to avert seventy kinds of tragic death .

133 - God wants His servants to do all the things He pronounced lowful , as he likes to connive at their disobedience .

134 - Angels spread their wings for the seeker after knowledge , for they are content with what he is after .

135 - On burial,the dead will hear the sound of the shoes of those returning .

136 - When people fail to prevent a tyrant from oppressing , it is to be feared that God punish all .

137 - One of the best criteria of faith is that you love somebody for the sake of God and hate somebody else for the same reason .

138 - Believers" suffering must affect other believers ,just as the body is affected by headache .

139 - On the Day of Resurrection , the worst people to God are those feared by people .

140 - On the Day of Resurrection , the worst people to God are those avoided by them for scurrilousness .

141 - In addition to charity tax on property , there is another tax thereon .

142 - If you relinquish something for fear of God , He will give you something better .

143 - Response to letters is as necessary as response to greeting .

144 - There is a basis for everything . This religion ( Islam ) is based on learning , and a learned person is worse to the Satan than a thousand worshippers .

145 - God has an angel who , at the prayer time , calls out : o" you the Adam"s children ! stand up and put out by praying the fires you kindled against yourselves .

146 - One of the great sins is that one unlawfully takes possession of another"s property .

147 - One form of being wasteful is to eat whatever one wishes .

148 - One of the requisites of intuitive faith is that one does not make God angry to the satisfaction of people, that one does not thank anybody for the blessing bestowed on one by God , and that one does not serve anybody for what God has not given , for sustenance will not be augmented by person"s greed , nor will it be lessened by people"s hatred .

149 - Indeed , this religion is well established and has solid foundations . Proceed , therefore , moderately .

150 - Wealth has destroyed your predecessors and will destroy you as well .

151 - Hearts rust like watered iron . Asked what a polish heart would be ; the Holy Prophet said :" frequent rememberance of death and recital of Quran . "

152 - The reason why your predecessors perished was that they released reputable thieves and punished weak ones .

153 - I do not worry about what you do not know ; however ,I do worry about how you apply what you do know .

154 - Man gets old ; however , he is rejuvenated in two aspects : greed for wealth and greed for longer lifetime .

155 - When the verse of Purification ( 33rd verse from the Clans" chapter ) was sent down to the Holy Prophet at Umma Salmah"s house,the Holy Prophet called Fatima , Hassan and Hossein , peace be upon them , and put a cloak on them; Ali, peace be upon him,was behind the Holy Prophet . So,he was clothed too .Then ,the Holy Prophet said : " O "Allah ,these are from my household,remove any evil from them and purify them. Umma Salmah was close to the scene asked : "O " the God"s messenger !Am I a member of your household ? " "you hold your special position in goodness and health.",replied the Holy Prophet.

156 - Reckoning the actions of man begins with prayer .

157 -The Expected One is from my family and a son of Fatimah ( peace be upon her).

158 - Prior to Doomsday the world will be full of tyrany and oppression . Then , a man from my family will stand up and will fill the world with justice .

159 - Keep yourselves away from indebtedness , for it will abase you on days and will cause sorrow at nights .

160 - Keep away from praising , for it is like slaughtering .

161 - Keep yourselves away from passions , for passions make you deaf and blind .

162 - Keep yourselves away from the grass in a garbage-can ; that is , a beautiful woman brought up in a bad household .163 - Avoid foolish persons , for they intend to benefit you , but they inflict loss on you .164 - No illness is more painful than parsimony .165 - If a husband is satisfied with his wife on her death , she will enter the Paradise .166 - If anyone undertakes to accomplish something for a Muslim and then does not perfrom it with the same zeal and dedication as he would do for himself , he would be deprived even of a whiff of Paradise .167 - Whoever unjustly takes possession of even one span of land , God will make him dig that land down to the seventh layer and hang it from his neck till the accounts of all the people are settled .168 - Any young man who marries in the early years of his youth makes Satan raise hue and cry because the youth safeguards his religion from his incursions by performing it .169 - God will reward any child groomed to search for knowledge and prayers as much as the good deeds of 72 pious believers .170 - People worthy of heed are of two kinds : The learned and the scholars thirsty for knowledge . Beside them there is nothing else .

171 - Lo people!whatever is given to you on my behalf if it conforms to the Qoran is mine,otherwise it is not so .172 - Slumber of a learned person is better than the prayers of a worshipper .173 - Begin your day by giving alms because misfortunes cannot penetrate generosity .174 - Kindness to parents increases the span of your life , mendacity diminishes subsistence and prayers ward off malicious events .175 - A house without children lacks blessings .176 - There are seven ordeals between Paradise and man ; the easiest of them all is death and the hardest is standing righteously before God at a time when the oppressed get hold of the oppressor.177 - Gluttony hardens hearts .178 - The earth is God"s property and so are the people , so reside where you are treated kindly .179 - Find a suitable partner for procreation of your children ,because women give birth to children who resemble their brothers and sisters .180 - Oh people I have left behind two things among you , their presence would keep you from going astray : God"s book and my`Itrat", that means my household .181 - Marry , for women multiply your abundance .182 - Keep away from the anxieties of this world , because whoever worries more , will be entangled in hardships and confusion by God , his poverty increases while whoever worries about the world hereafter God will take care of his involvements and free his heart from dearth .183 - Ponder over the blessings of God but don"t scrutinize His entity .184 - Though enmity with sinners get close to God and confront them with grim faces and search for the happiness of God in their dismay and by keeping aloof from them get close to God .185 - An honest and truthful merchant will be with martyrs on the Day of Resurrection .186 - Negligence is Satan"s aim which he sows in the hearts of the believers .187 - Repentence from sin means refraining from it in future .188 - God likes 3 types of people : those who wake up at night and recite the Book of God and those who give alms with the right hand and keep it a secret from the left , and those who go to a battlefield and move toward the enemy while their comrades flee .189 - There are three properties that if anybody lacks them he will have less honor than a dog . firstly, chastity that forestalls forbidden acts ; secondly, forbearance that helps to repel ignorance of the uninitiated;and thirdly,good conduct that facilitates communal existence .190 - Paradise is under the feet of mothers .191 - Fatimah is a part of me . So , whoever offends her offends me .192 - Expecting praise and admiration from people blinds the eyes and deafens the ears .193 - It has been mentioned by Omma Salamah that our Holy Prophet covered Hassan , Hossein , Ali and Fatimah with a cloak and said : " Oh God they are the special members of my household , take any uncleanliness away from them and purify them . " Omma Salamah asked : " Oh Prophet of God , am I one of them ? " Our Holy Prophet said : " Blessings and good health awaits you . "194 - Woe to him who wallows in ignorance and woe still to one who knows and does not put his knowledge into practice .195 - Any punishment consummated on earth is better than 40 days of rain for the dwellers of the earth .196 - One night of vigil for the sake of God is better than one thousand nights spent in praying and the same number dedicated to fasting .197 - Inculcate three qualities among your children : Love of Prophet and members of his household and recitation of Qoran .198 - A filthy look is a poisonous shaft from Satan"s bolts .199 - A believer who associates with people and endures their misconduct is better than a believer who dissociates from the community and shows no tolerance to their provocations .200 - Winter is the spring of a believer .

201 - Ensure the safety of your property by paying the poor rates , cure the sick by paying alms , and resort to prayers to ward off reverses .202 - What is memorized by a child is like a pattern engraved upon a stone and the things committed to memory by an adult are like inscriptions upon water .203 - Paradise is achieved by bearing hardships , and Hell by following desires .204 - God will keep the fire away from the face of that person on the Day of Judgement who defends the honor of his brother .205 - Gratitude for blessings ensures continuation without decline .206 - Plan your work wisely ; if any good ensues implement it , and if you fear dire consequences hold your hand .207 - Two qualities surpass all others : Believing in God and being helpful and beneficial to the people at large .208 - One who leads people to benefaction reaps the reward of a benefactor.209 - The best of you is he whose meeting reminds you of God and whose words increase your knowledge and whose behavior inclines you to think about the next world .210 - The best prayers are those offered in seclusion and the best income is the one that suffices your needs .211 - The best dowry is one that is lighter one .212 - The best wages are those earned with the sweat of ones own brow , and where work is accomplished with precision .213 - The best amongst mankind is he who is most beneficial for people at large 214 - Consultation precludes repentance and reproach .215 - The best marriage is the one solemnized with simplicity .216 - He who frankly reveals your shortcomings is the best of your brethren .217 - The best youth among you are those who adopt the ways of the old , and the worst among the old folk are those who imitate the ways of the young .218 - The best among you is he who is best for his wives and daughters .219 - The best among you is he who learns Qoran and then teaches it .220 - The world will not cease to be till a man from my household who bears my name comes to rule all Arab nations .221 - Good handwriting provides a clearer insight of God .222 - Trustworthiness is the source of sustenance and treachery the cause of poverty .223 - Usury taken knowingly, even to the tune of a penny , is worse than having indulged in adultery 36 times .224 - The prayers of an oppressed , even if he is a wrong-doer,are accepted . His sins are his own concern .225 - You spend a penny in the way of God and another for buying the freedom of a slave , and give another as alms and spend one on your family . The best penny you spend , is the one on your family .226 - Being in debt mitigates one"s faith and honor .227 - Leave a pretty woman who is barren and pick a black one who can bring forth many children .228 - God blesses one who gains legally and spends moderately and of the surplus saves , by spending for the needs of the world hereafter .229 - God blesses one who bridles his tongue , understands the time he lives in , and treads the path of righteousness .230 - God"s consent is in the satisfaction of parents and His dissent is in their distress .231 - What an excellent intercessor Qoran is on the Day of Judgement for one who has read the Qoran .232 - A two-unit prayer of a married man is better than 70 units offered by a bachelor .233 - A two-unit prayer of a scholar is better than 70 units offered by one other than a scholar .234 - All Muslims are brethren and no one is superior except in abstinence .235 - Though abundance might ensue from usury it ends in dearth .236 - Before God , a true believer is more honorable than some of His angels .237 - It becomes common knowledge when a wise man goes astray,but the mistake of an ignorant person is concealed by his ignorance .238 - Visit graves for it reminds you of the subsequent world .239 - Adultery is the source of poverty .

240 - Ask God for His bounty for He loves to be requested .241 - Pray to God to bestow upon you true wisdom and seek God"s refuge from fruitless knowledge .242 - Regarding your ignorance,it is enough to say that you reveal all that you know .243 - The worst people are those who sell the world hereafter for the sake of this world and even worse than them are those who sell the world hereafter for the sake of others .244 - The worst people are the corrupt scholars .245 - A true believer acts like a mirror to another . He is his brother and helps him in his work and protects and shields him from the rear .246 - It is enough to brand you as a liar when you retell whatever passes your ears .247 - A person in debet is in chains even in his grave . Nothing can set him free except disbursement of debts .248 - Everything , even a fish in the sea asks for the forgiveness of a sage .249 - There are two groups of people : The sages and the rulers . If they are righteous people , they will turn out to be the same and if they are corrupt people,they will reflect their corruption .250 - Offering prayers blackens the face of Satan and giving alms breaks his back and friendship for the sake of God uproots him . When you observe all these he will then be away from you as East is from west .251 - Illness is the whip of God on earth by which he chastens His servants .252 - Before God,anyone who pursues knowledge as a tribute to God is better than a warrior who wages war in the name of Allah .253 - Blessed is he whose own faults keep him away from pointing at the flaws of others .254 - Tyranny is of three types : One that God will never forgive , the second that God will pardon,and the third that God cannot overlook . The one that God will never forgive is polytheism . As mentioned : " Surly polytheism is a great tyranny." The one that God forgives is tyranny of poeple to themselves. It is something between them and God . But the tyranny God cannot overlook is the tyranny of people against each other.255 - The sage whose knowledge is beneficial for people is better than one thousand worshippers .256 - Be chaste to other men"s wives so that your wives remain chaste. Be good to your father so that your children remain good to you . If anyone"s brother comes to apologize his apology should be accepted irrespective of its nature . If he doesn"t he shouldn"t come to join me at the pond of abundance .257 - Teach swimming and shooting to your children and spinning to women .258 - A believer spends sparingly .259 - Cultivate a sweet disposition since among people he who is bland has better faith .260 - One who wants God to answer his prayers when caught in duress and adversity should pray abundantly when his prayers bear fruit .261 - Making a promise is like being bound for payment of a debt . Woe to him who promises and breaks it!Woe to him who promises and breaks it! Woe to him who promises and breaks it! 262 - Chastity is the beauty of women .263 - A true believer is he in whom people trust more than in their lives and property .

264 - A true believer is alert , exact and prudent .265 - One hour of deep reflection is better than sixty years of worship .266 - Your belly is the den of all diseases and abstention therefore the best cure 267 - The best rapprochement between two parties is the reconciliation between a husband and a wife .268 - Anyone who acts precipitously without insight and knowledge breaks more than what he makes .269 - All the offsprings of Adam are sinners and the best among them are the penitent .

270 - A believer can have any quality except treason and mendacity .271 - Live like guests in this world . Take mosques as your houses . Let your hearts get used to tenderness , reflect and cry in abundance . Don"t let your desires lead you astray . you make buildings you never reside in and provide all kinds of food you never eat and entertain hopes you never realize .272 - How can God bless a nation that doesn"t take the right of the oppressed from the oppressors .273 - It is far better for a man to give a dirham as alms during his life than giving hundreds at the time of death .274 - Encourage people to do good deeds and discourage them from doing bad ones , lest the unscrupulous among you hold you in sway and the prayers of true believers lose efficacy .275 - One of the best deeds is making a belivever happy . It means paying his debt and meeting his needs and removing whatever hardships that exist .276 - There is tithes for everything and tithes for owning a house is a guest room .277 - There is a key to everything and the key to heaven can be obtained by loving and caring the deprived and the needy .278 - Those who pester Muslims on their course of life deserve imprecation .279 - If a man owns two valleys of gold , he will still wish for the third one ; nothing can fill the human mouth better than dust .280 - If faith existed in Pleiades Iranians would find access to it .281 - If knowledge were suspended from Pleiades Iranians would reach it .282 - Anyone who seeks abundant sustenance and a long life should help his relatives .283 - Anyone who wants to know his rank before God , should first know his what God means to him .284 - A person who starts his day with an intent to remain pious , if unknowingly commits a sin will be forgiven by God .285 - A true believer neither scorns nor curses , he doesn"t back bite either . Neither he is foul - mouthed .286 - Anyone constrained to associate with a person over a considerable period of time and doesn"t conduct himself well and waits for an opportunity to get rid of him , is not a wise man .287 - The best are not those who renounce the world altogether to gain the world hereafter , and neither those who lose the world hereafter to gain this world . You should gain both , and this world is a medium for gaining the next world .Do not be a burden upon others .288 - Nothing surpasses good conduct in the scale of good deeds .289 - For God nothing is more worthy than a true believer .290 - Before God nothing is more valuable than prayers .291 - He who impersonates non-Moslims is not one of us .292 - whoever deceives a Muslim or acts contrary to his interest or deludes him is not one of us .293 - A believer is always a source of benefit ; if you accompany him you gain , if you seek his counsel you gain , and if you become his partner you benefit . Whatever he does is beneficial .294 - Don"t dole out to the needy what you hate to eat yourself .295 - Don"t wonder at what a person does till you get to know the consequences 296 - Never be absorbed by the Islamic aspect of a person till you get to know the depths of thoughts and faith .297 - The fear of people shouldn"t prevent you from doing what is ethically upright .298 - Don"t choke your hearts with gluttony and inebriation , lest your heart that resembles a farm dies due to inundation .299 - Whatever you take easy becomes easy .300 - A man should not sit in seclusion with a woman . The third person in this case turns out to be the devil .301 - A believer should not gratify his hunger without satiating his neighbor .302 - He who oppresses will be dominated by oppressors .303 - It is not decent for a believer to debase himself .304 - Two hungry wolves in a sheepfold are not more dangerous than the passion for position and wealth in a Muslim .

305 - He who grants a poor man respite to overcome his affliction will find an extension in the period for remission of his sins .306 - There"s no way better than prostration in secret for getting oneself closer to God .307 - A little that suffices is better than a lot that brings destruction .308 -Nobody has suffered the way I did in the way of God .309 - He who solicits God"s forgiveness finds relief from all his miseries and God shows him a way out of his dilemmas and He provides sustenance from an unknown source . Sins impede the benedictions of God but beseeching Divine pardon purges those sins .310 - On the Day of Judgment , every rich will wish he had as little wealth in this world as he could feed himself .

311 - On the Dooms Day man will regret every single hour he has lived without having God in mind .312 - Any community amongst whom usury abounds shall be afflicted by famine , and any group where graft runs riot shall live in awe .313 - He who is moderate shall not taste poverty .314 - The tale of my family is similar to the tale of Noah"s boat , Whoever boarded it found salvation and whoever stayed away was drawned .315 - God helps that person who is moderate to be above all needs . He who wastes is impoverished and he who courts humility is exalted by God .316 - He who distances himself even to a span from the community compromises his Islamic entity .317 - Anybody who exercises restraint achieves what he ardently desires .318 - The heart of a person who is swayed by his greed has no compassion .319 - He who eats and gives nothing to a hungry person , who looks on him as he eats , is bound to contract a malady for which there is no cure .320 - The person who strives to excel others in strength should rely on God .321 - He who lays down his life defending his property is a martyr .322 - One who marries completes half of his religion and thus he /she should fear God in the other half .323 - He who endeavors to imitate a group becomes one of them .324 - Fountains of knowledge in the heart will gush out of the tongue of that person who dedicates himself wholly to God for 40 days .325 - He who is a guest of a tribe should not observe non - obligatory fast without the consent of his hosts .326 - He who bridles his tongue and conceals his private parts will enter Paradise .327 - God will overlook the sins of that person who does not trespass despite the initial inclination to do so .328 - God will fulfil the needs of that person who fulfil the needs of his brother .329 - concealing the mistakes and ailments of others and not revealing what is given in alms are the treasures of moral excellence .330 - He who grants a respite to his debtor or cancels his debt will be in heaven on the Day of Judgement .

Ziyaraat of Prophet Mohammad(S.W.A) From Far Away

The following is the Ziyaraat of Prophet Mohammad(P.B.U.H) from far distance. When reciting the Ziyaraat one should imagine the prophet grave, feel as if you are standing inside the Mosque of Prophet of islam, your heart should be so close to medina.

Ater the Ziyaraat perform 4 Rakaat Namaz/Salaat. Each in 2 rakaats slots.You may read any surah you like. After Namaz do Tashbeeh Zahra and read the following dua:

The Ziyaraat of Holy Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (S.A.W) Inside the Shrine of Madina, In English Text.(5) Recite The Ziyaraat of Prophet:Peace be on you O Messenger ofAllah. Peace be on you O Prophet of Allah. Peace be on you O Muhammad son of Abdillah.Peace be on you O the seal of Prophets. I bear witness that you carried and delivered the Message, established the prayers, paid the prescribed alms, directed to do what is lawful, forbade not to do what is unlawful, devotedly worshipped and served Allah, till the inevitable came unto you. Blessings and mercy of Allah be on you and on your pure children.

(6) Stand near the pillar on the right side of the holy grave, facing Qiblah, left shoulder towards the holy grave and right shoulder towards the "Mimber" (pulpit), which is the place of the Holy head, and recite:

I bear witness that there is no god save, Allah, the One who has no associate. I bear witness that Muhammad is His bondman and Messenger, I bear witness that verify you are the Messenger of Allah, and you are Muhammad son of Abdullah. I bear witness that you carried and delivered the Message of your Lord, gave sincere advise to your followers, strived in the way of Allah, worshipped and served Allah, with wisdom and good counsel, that which was entrusted to you from the True God has been pronounced by you, you were kind unto the faithfuls, but severely dealt with the infidels, so Allah raised you to the noblest and the most celebrated position, praise be to Allah that He saved us, through you, from "giving partners to Allah", and from going astry.O Allah, therefore, Thy blessings, blessings of Thy favourite Angels, commissioned Prophets, pious servants, and the dwellers of the heavens and the earths, and those who glorify Thee, O Lord of the worlds, from the beginning to the end, be on Muhammad, Thy bondman, Messenger, Prophet, trustee, confidant, beloved, sincere friend, preferred choice, and goodness, Thou Thyself chose from among all that which has been created by Thee. O Allah elevate him to the highes rank, make him the means of approach to the Paradise, let him reach and stay at the praised position,(so that) the ancients and the moderns find his position enviable.O Allah Thou has said: "And if, when they had wronged themselves, they had but come unto you and asked forgiveness of the Messenger, they would have found Allah Forgiving, Merciful." I seek your forgiveness, repentant of my wrongdoing, and, through you, direct myself towards Allah, my lord and your lord, for obtaining pardon for me.

(7) Then turn towards Qiblah and invoke Allah for fulfilment of legitimate desires. (8) Then go near the pulpit and touch it with your mouth, eyes and hands and praise Allah.